The Washington bee., 1887-06-04
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
NEW RULES ADOPTED AND OLD ONES A.
MENDED TEACHERS AppoIsTRD

NEW RULES ADOPTED AND OLD ONES A
MENDED. TEACHERS APPOINTED.
The school board met in special session
last Tuesday night for the purpose of dis
cussing the changes in the rules and by
laws governing the public schools. Mr..
Clark, chairman of the committee on rules,
made his report. Rule IS was changed to
read as follows:
Teachers certificates shall be issued i'm
five classes as foliwing. commencing with
the lowest: The first-class certificate shall
be sufficient evidence the scholastic quail
ifications required for temporary appoint
ment as teachers and substitute teachers;
for second-class certificate for teaching in
any school from the first to the third grade
inclusive; the third-class certificate IN any
school from the first grade to the fifth
grade; the fourth-class certificate in any
scho lflom the first to the seventh grade
Inclusive; the fifth-class certificate in any
school from the first to the eighth grade
inclusive, and for all others positions the
examinations and certificates shall be
special.
Rule 20 requires that no person shall be
appointed a teacher of any school without
certificate required for the grade of the
school to Which appointed, provided,
however that in cases where vacancies
exist for which qualified teachers under
this rule cannot be obtained such vaean-
cies may be otherwise temporarily filled
until properly qualified teachers is avail
able, and no longer, and provided further,
that all appointments of substitutes and
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certificate and in order of excellence as
determined by the examination so long as
there shall be Employed holders of certi.
ticates available for the purpose.
The cluse in rule 2I, providing for the
of the acting teachers, was
struck ont, as also rule %. covering the
designation and pay of that class.
An amendment was added to the duties
of the other teachers to the effect that
"fOr the purposes of discipline the
principals shall have the same powers "a
the teachers burning the school hours"
Rule A, places the closing of the school
from the Thursday between the 18th and
24tii of June until the Friday before the
Monday falling between the IL and 23d
of the following Sc September.
Rule 81 increases the number Of pupils i'm
the normal school to forty, thirty of whom
shall be girls.
Article of the bylaws is changed so that
the local committee are empowered to
ell teachers and employers.
The committee on the ways and means
are to audit and control all expenditure
of the board. The other powers are strick-
en- out. The committee on buildings, re-
pairs, and furniture are to continue their
duties as formerly, except in the purchase
of sites and the erection of school build
ings
No teachers certificate shall valid when
the holder has been out of the district for
a term of more then year unless leave of
absence has been granted by the board.
Rule AZ is changed so that the substitute
shall received such salary as the certi-
ficate held by such substitute shall entitle
him or her to receive.
The following having passed the requr-
ed examination for teachers were given
secOnd-class certificate: Ora w. L. Slater |
and Hattie E. Sharp. first class. james B.
Clark, James Stewert, Hattie C. Lester,
Mary G. Mccarthy, Mary V. Lithgow,
Nellie NJ. Knighton, and Ulysses q. Black, |
Subassistapt-katie B. Guss, James |
Storum, Edgar D. Kidwell, Clara G,
Brewer, Danial B. Thompson, Abram
5. Smith, Richard B. Peters, Charles E.
Johnson, Beaulah L. stringer, Mary j..
Thomas, Minnie Hodgkins, Alex c. Ship |
Den, Mirirm E. Benjamin, and Geo. H.
Harris.
Special certificates were granted to Miss
Alice B. Broadbury, Miss Charlotte Smith,
Miss Julia D. Doubleday, Mr.:.Haray Eng
ish, Mr.. B. W Murch, and Miss Abigail |
Evans.
The board then adiurned.